Year 7 - 11

Year teams

Year 7 Team

Welcome to the Year 7 page. I’m Mrs Hasty and I am the Head of Year 7. My role is to ensure an effective transition between your child’s transition from primary school and adapting to life at secondary school to begin their journey towards their GCSEs. Transition can be a scary time for the younger pupils and doesn’t just last for the first couple of weeks of starting at the Academy but throughout the year to ensure they start their journey on positive footing. With the 2017-2018 Year 7 intake being the academy’s largest ever year group it is a very exciting time across the academy. As Head of Year I have high standards and expectations for all students. I expect behaviour within the year group to be impeccable, attendance to be at least 97% and punctuality excellent. For pupils to expand their horizons and their social skills I expect all students to attend at least one enrichment activity per week. The benefits being that pupils will learn new skills, make new friends and build in confidence.

As an Academy we also guarantee that all pupils will be invited to a residential trip and many will experience various other educational, sporting and reward trips throughout the year and their time at OBA.

With the support of my Assistant Head of Year Mrs Fisher and my team of Form Tutors we will ensure your child’s pastoral care is of the highest standard to make their time at OBA a fulfilling and enjoyable experience.

Mrs N Hasty – Head of Year

The Year 7 Team include:

Head of Year: Mrs N Hasty

Assistant Head of Year: Mrs J Fisher

Progress Leader for Year 7 : Mrs S Snagg

Progress Leader for Key Stage 3: Mrs M Wallace

Year 7 Form Tutors:

7RRS – Miss R Roberts

7SMU – Mr S Murphy

7RHY – Miss R Hindley

7MWN – Mr M Wynne

7JES – Miss J Edwards

7PGD – Mr P Gillard

7RPR – Miss R Bowles Palmer

7CSR – Mr C Spencer

Year 7 Support Staff:

Mrs A Jarvis (Attendance and Punctuality)

Year 8 Team

Welcome to the Year 8 page. As Head of Year my role is to ensure an effective pastoral care for each child within the Year Group. This may involve supporting pupils in their subjects in respect of SEN; overseeing behaviour; monitoring attendance and punctuality; and most importantly, making sure all pupils are safe and well to enable them to them to fulfil their potential both in education and personally.

As Head of Year I have high standards and expectations for all students. I expect behaviour within the year group to be impeccable, attendance to be at least 97% and punctuality excellent. For pupils to expand their horizons and their social skills I expect all students to attend at least one enrichment activity per week. The benefits being that pupils will learn new skills, make new friends and build in confidence. All Year 8 students are set individual academic targets to reach by the end of year in order to stretch and challenge them. Through the LUCERE programme we ensure all students are supported to achieve their minimum targets.

As an Academy we also guarantee that all pupils will be invited to a residential trip and many will experience various other educational, sporting and reward trips throughout the year and their time at OBA. Indeed many of the pupils have already attended a residential trip during their time in Year 7.

With the support of my Assistant Head of Year Mr Milne and my team of Form Tutors we will ensure your child’s pastoral care is of the highest standard to make their time at OBA a fulfilling and enjoyable experience.

Miss Z Porschke – Head of Year 8

The Year 8 Team include:

Head of Year: Miss Z Porschke

Assistant Head of Year: Mr C Milne

Year 8 Progress Leader: Mrs M Wallace

Year 8 Form Tutors:

8SSS: Miss S Styles

8KHN: Miss K Houghton

8MRN: Mr M Rushton

8AHH: Miss A Howard-Hildige

8GCN: Mr G Clerkin

8CBR: Mr C Butcher

8JHT: Ms J Hart

8ACY: Miss A Connolly

Year 9 Team

As Head of Year 9 my role is to ensure an effective pastoral care for each child within the Year Group. This may involve supporting pupils in their subjects in respect of SEN; overseeing behaviour; monitoring attendance and punctuality; and most importantly, making sure all pupils are safe and well to enable them to them to fulfil their potential both in education and personally.

I have high standards and expectations for all students. I expect behaviour within the year group to be impeccable, attendance to be at least 97% and punctuality excellent. For pupils to expand their horizons and their social skills I expect all students to attend at least one enrichment activity per week. The benefits being that pupils will learn new skills, make new friends and build in confidence.

With the support of my Assistant Head of Year Miss McKevitt and my team of Form Tutors we will ensure your child’s pastoral care is of the highest standard to make their time at OBA a fulfilling and enjoyable experience.

Miss R Dutton – Head of Year

The Year 9 Team include:

Head of Year: Miss R Dutton

Assistant Head of Year: Miss G McKevitt

SLT Link: Mrs M Wallace

Year 9 Form Tutors:

9CCT/KRD: Mrs C Cathcart and Mr K Reid

9GMN: Miss G McMullen

9KAS: Miss K Arends

9KGN: Miss K Goodwin

9KHT: Miss K Hunt

9LRY: Mrs L Ray

9SMG: Mr S McGlory

Year 10 Team

Head of Year – Mr Mcintyre

The Year 10 Team includes:
Head of Year – Mr Mcintyre
Assistant Head of Year – Miss Moneypenny
SLT Link – Mrs Oulton